Feb9th

The Week in Music History

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Feb. 11, 1989: Seven years after the recording format is introduced, U2’s ‘The Joshua Tree’ becomes the first CD to sell a million copies.
Feb. 11, 1983: “Weird Al” Yankovic records ‘Ricky’ — a goof on Tony Basil’s hit single ‘Mickey’ — for his self-titled debut album. It will go on to be his first single […]

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Jan13th

100 Best Songs of 2007

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The past year gave us a batch of top-rating songs and well-liked popular tunes. We hope this year will give us again a pack of finely crafted and top-grossing songs in the charts. Let’s do a little reminiscing as we go through Rolling Stones’ 100 Best Songs of 2007. Here’s the top ten.
1 “Roc […]

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Jan1st

Great Music Icons Remembered…

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2007 has been a great year for the music industry. While others are busy for their countdown of the best music/album for this year, I found one interesting post that reminded me of some people who have lived and die with their most loved craft. Titled “Remembering Music Lost in 2007” by Jason Rosenbaum, this […]

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Dec1st

Top Christmas Songs, and More!

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According to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, these are the Top 25 most-performed “Holiday” songs for the first five years of the 21st Century:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas […]

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Nov24th

Music is Meant to be Heard

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An enchanting story about violinist Fritz Kreisler tells how he once came across a beautiful instrument he wanted to acquire. When he finally raised the money for the violin, he returned to buy it and learned that it had already been sold to a collector.
He went to the new owner’s home in order to try […]

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Nov17th

More Music Quotes

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Here’s more:
“When words leave off, music begins.”
Heinrich Heine (German Poet and Writer, 1797-1856)
“Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.”
santiz E. Y. Harburg (American Lyricist, Librettist and Song Writer, 1896-1981)
“Music is an outburst of the soul.”
Frederick Delius (English Composer, one of […]

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Nov17th

Music Quotes

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Music-lovers, we all are. Let’s hear what famous and legendary people (from playwrights to poets, artists to authors, composers to critics and some more) say about our well-loved craft:
“Music is the shorthand of emotion.”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (Russian moral Thinker, Novelist and Philosopher, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. […]

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Nov11th

Singing back!

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Sean Kingston sings, You’re way too beautiful girl/That’s why it will never work/You’ll have me suicidal, suicidal/When you say it’s over. Jojo answers, D*mn all these beautiful girls/We’re only gonna do ya dirt/We’ll have you suicidal, suicidal/When I say it’s over.
I have been hearing both songs everywhere. I mean everywhere. It’s something appealing for listeners […]

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Nov3rd

Coldplay Goes Hispanic

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It has been around two years since Coldplay released their last album entitled X&Y. The group however, reveals that they are currently recording their next studio album which has a “hispanic theme“. Though a change in theme, Chris Martin and the rest of the group stresses that there would be no additional carnival-style […]

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Oct7th

Toon Tunes

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Remember that wild amphibian singing a cover of the ‘80s hit ‘Axel F’ which became such a hit it reached top spots in different countries? Yeah, Crazy Frog surely had his share of fame. But he (I mean, it) isn’t the only cartoon getting crazy celebrity status.
Gorillaz, for instance, also proved cartoons can rock, big […]

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